Bottle.



PATBNTED AUG. 27; 1907.

BOTTLE.

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JOHN MCGLYNN, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed December 10 1906. Serial No. 347,039.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoGLYNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, county 01 Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles, and particularly tothat class of bottles which are designed to contain some proprietaryliquid, the manufacturer of which does not desire to have counterieitedand sold, or used, from refilled bottles which had formerlycontained thegenuine liquid, such bottles being commonly known as non-refillablebottles.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle which cannot berefilled with the counterfeit liquid without the counterfeit beingdetected by the user or consumer.

The invention consists in providing a bottle with a series oflevel-indicators extending from an upper to a lower level of the bottlewhich can be detached from the bottle separately and successively toindicate the varying levels of the liquid within the bottle as the sameis used or intermittently poured from the bottle, as will be hereinaftermore fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side elevation of the improvedbottle. Fig.2 is a horizontal section of the same taken on the brokenline 2-2 in Fig. 1.

The bottle, 1, is provided with a V-shaped depression forming a groove,2, in its side-wall extending from an upper level, 3, to a lower level,4, the upper level being at or near the top of the bottle, and the lowerlevel being at or near the bottom of the bottle. Located in the bottomof the groove is shown a series of projections or level-indicators 5;

The individual members of the series are preferably made integral withthe bottle-wall, and do not project from the mouth of the groove but areWholly contained within the peripheral surface of the bottle, in orderthat they will be protected from accidental breakage in handling orshipping of the bottles.

By inserting a knife-blade, or other similar article, in the groovebetween a projection, 5, and the grooveuors which are retailed by theglass, as in saloons, fromthe bottle.

When the contents of the bottle have been sold or used down to the levelof the upper detachable projection, 5, that projection is broken off ordetached. In a similar manner the succeeding projections, 5, aredetached as the level of the liquor in the bottle approaches the bottomor lowest level until all of the projections are detached. Theseprojections are to be detached or broken in the presence of the user whowill be interested in noting that the projections are so detached as theproper levels of the liquor in the bottle are reached.

It would be impossible to again use such a bottle for liquors inconnection with customers who understand the significance of the stubswhich formed a part of the broken projections and convince suchcustomers that the contents of the bottle were the genuine liquor andnot a counterfeit.

The bottles or level-indicators may be made of any known desiredmaterial or form without departing from the spirit of my invention, andthe levelindica tors may be located and arranged in any desired manner,and in any desired positions adapted to indicate different levels on thebottle.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Abottle having a series of level-indicators integral therewith andbreakable therefrom, members of which are located at dilr'erent levels.

2. A bottle having a series of breakable level-indicators integral withand projecting exteriorly from the bottle and occupying difierenthorizontal planes.

A bottle having integral therewith a series of levelindicatorsindividually breakable from the bottle and located at regular intervalsextending from a level at the top of the bottle to a level at the bottomof the bottle.

4. A bottle having an introverted side-wall forming a channel extendingfrom a level near the top or the bottle to a level near the bottom ofthe bottle; and a series of projections individually detachable locatedin such chan nel.

5. A bottle having in its side wall a Vshaped groove extending from anupper to a lower level; and a series of projections individuallydetachable wholly contained in and wholly contained within theperipheral surface of the I therefrom, located in the bottom of thegroove at uniform bottle. distances from each other.

7. A bottle having a groove in its side-wall extending In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto set my hand this from an upper to a lowerlevel; and a series of projections 7th day of December, 1906. 5 integralwith the bottle-wall, and individually breakable JOHN MCGLYNN. therefromlocated in such groove.

8. A bottle having a groove in its side-wall extending Witnesses: froman upper to a lower level; and a series of projections GEO. A. MOSHER,integral with the bottle-wall, and individually breakable E. M.O'REILLY.

